Opinion Release: The Clerk's Office typically releases opinions at 11 a.m. each Thursday. Court staff posts them to this website as soon as possible thereafter. There will be times when opinions may be released outside of this schedule, such as in emergencies. Scheduled and unscheduled opinion releases are announced via Twitter @flcourts.

In the Supreme Court, use of the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal is mandatory for attorneys in good standing with The Florida Bar in compliance with Rule 2.525, Fla. R. Jud. Admin., and Administrative Order AOSC13-7.

The Court makes available many different forms of information about cases. The most common way to find information about a case is to review the case’s docket -- a list of briefs and other filings and rulings in that case.

Accessibility of Electronic Information and Information Technologies

State and federal laws – as applicable to various covered entities – along with the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, require that qualified individuals with disabilities be afforded the same opportunities that are available to persons without disabilities.

See, for example, Section 504, of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; and sections 282.601 - 282.606, Florida Statutes, known as the Florida Accessible Electronic and Information Technology Act.

These laws and rules provide that the court system must take steps to ensure its communications with persons with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. Other entities in the legal system have similar obligations under state and federal laws and rules. These obligations extend to communications through electronic formats.

Some individuals with disabilities use assistive technology- such as screen enlargers or magnifiers; alternative keyboards, electronic pointing devices, trackballs, or touch screens instead of a mouse to control the cursor; screen readers; and reading tools - to access electronic information. Ensuring accessibility of electronic information means certain conventions are necessary for assistive devices to properly "read" an electronic document in a sensible way. Generally, this means using proper built-in formatting elements and adding verbal tags and attributes for graphics.

REQUIREMENTS for Accessible Filings and Judicial Branch Records

Documents that are electronically filed in the Florida State Courts System MUST include the following elements:

Documents must be properly prepared using built-in document layout features found in the word processing software. (e.g. proper use of styles, heading levels, bulleted items, columns and tables.)

Charts and graphs must have either an alternative text description or provide a description in the text in the immediate proximity of the chart or graph.

Data cells in tables must be associated with row and column headers.

Information in tables must read from left to right and from top to bottom.

Columns must be created properly using built-in document layout features found in the word processing software to ensure correct reading order.

Multimedia presentations must include synchronized captions.

Color must not be the only method used to convey important information.

PDF documents must be tagged, have a logical reading and tab order, include bookmarks for large files (more than 10 pages), have a language specified, and pass the Section 508 and Adobe Full Check found in Adobe Acrobat software.

RECOMMENDED Steps to Enhance Accessibility of Electronic Information:

It is recommended that the following steps be taken on documents that are electronically filed in the Florida State Courts System.

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